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America after the election

The weeks following Donald Trump’s surprise victory shook the nation. For the millions who voted for the president-elect, it marked the return of an America that had diminished under Barack Obama’s leadership. For the millions who didn’t, Trump’s ascension to the White House suggests the opposite: a threat to progress so painstakingly fought for over the course of a generation. The stories below explore the latter’s struggle to move forward from Hillary Clinton’s defeat and face a nation they suddenly did not recognize.